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Post by minorkey on Mar 27, 2021 18:55:59 GMT
Its no good, literally and figuratively. I wonder if I could string it up as an 8 string uke...or even a 4 string uke Think you'd still have the same problem with intonation. Wallhanger it is then.
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minorkey
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Post by minorkey on Apr 8, 2021 16:31:52 GMT
Well I had a go at shaping the saddles. I have no tools so I went at it with a nail file. Did some googling as to bridge placement and got it almost spot on at the 12th. Its playable now, sort of, but it goes a little sharp when fretted. Nut might need lowering but I'm not going there,sticking with guitar and uke. Mandolin chords are weird anyway...
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Post by Onechordtrick on Apr 8, 2021 16:58:54 GMT
Well I had a go at shaping the saddles. I have no tools so I went at it with a nail file. Did some googling as to bridge placement and got it almost spot on at the 12th. Its playable now, sort of, but it goes a little sharp when fretted. Nut might need lowering but I'm not going there,sticking with guitar and uke. Mandolin chords are weird anyway...Just think of them as upside-down guitar chords
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minorkey
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Post by minorkey on Apr 8, 2021 17:36:39 GMT
. Mandolin chords are weird anyway...Just think of them as upside-down guitar chords Yea that's not far off the mark. But the A chord though. Ugh, no thanks.
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Post by ocarolan on Apr 8, 2021 21:54:31 GMT
Just think of them as upside-down guitar chords Yea that's not far off the mark. But the A chord though. Ugh, no thanks. Simplest way is 2200 (which is actually A5 - neither major nor minor). You could also try 6700, which puts a C# on the bottom - sometimes lovely, sometimes less good. The finger mangling things you refer to eg ? 6745 and 2245 are useful for bluegrass "choppers" but aren't the only way to skin A cat. Keith
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minorkey
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Post by minorkey on Apr 8, 2021 23:05:33 GMT
Wall hanger it is...
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